Here are some aggregate break statistics from the 2022 World Pool Masters event played May 5-8, 2022 at Europa Point Sports Park, in Gibraltar. This was an invitational 24-player, single-elimination 9-Ball event produced by Matchroom Sport with pay-per-view streaming in the USA on DAZN. Joshua Filler won the tournament, defeating Lo Ho Sum in the final match.
The main commentators were Phil Yates, Jeremy Jones, and Karl Boyes. The referees were Marcel Eckardt and Brendan Moore. The MC/announcer/interviewer was Michael Bridge.
Conditions -- The conditions for this event included:
The 23 matches (240 games) in this tournament were as follows (listed in the order in which they were played). The stats are for all of these 23 matches. However, DAZN's stream was down for the first half of the Finals, and the information I was able to gather later was incomplete for those games. So some of the stats are based on 237 games instead of 240.
Thursday, May 5
Friday, May 6
Saturday, May 7
Sunday, May 8
Overall results
Here's a breakdown of the 237 games (for match winners and losers combined).
Break-and-run games -- The 87 break-and-run games represented 36% of all 240 games, 59% of the 148 games won by the breaker, and 40% of the 216 games in which the break was successful (made a ball and didn't foul).
The 87 break-and-run games consisted of 1 five-pack (by Fortunski), 1 4-pack (by Ko Pin-Yi), 3 three-packs (1 each by Lechner, Sanchez-Ruiz, and Ko Pin-Yi), 18 two-packs, and 33 singles.
9-Balls on the break -- The 87 break-and-run games included 3 9-balls on the break (1.3% of all breaks).
The main commentators were Phil Yates, Jeremy Jones, and Karl Boyes. The referees were Marcel Eckardt and Brendan Moore. The MC/announcer/interviewer was Michael Bridge.
Conditions -- The conditions for this event included:
• Rasson OX 9-foot table with 4" corner pockets;
• Shark Grey Simonis 860 cloth;
• Aramith Tournament Black balls with a black-spots cue ball;
• referee racks using a triangle rack with the 1-ball on the spot (2-ball not necessarily in back location);
• winner breaks from anywhere behind the head string;
• no illegal-break rule;
• 30-second shot clock (60 sec. after the break), with one 30-sec. extension per player per rack;
• foul on all balls;
• jump cues allowed;
• all slop counts; and
• lag for the break in each match.
The 23 matches (240 games) in this tournament were as follows (listed in the order in which they were played). The stats are for all of these 23 matches. However, DAZN's stream was down for the first half of the Finals, and the information I was able to gather later was incomplete for those games. So some of the stats are based on 237 games instead of 240.
Thursday, May 5
1. Skyler Woodward defeated Oliver Szolnoki 7-3
2. Dimitri Jungo d. Mario He 7-3
3. Lo Ho Sum d. Denis Grabe 7-4
4. Mieszko Fortunski d. Jayson Shaw 7-2
Friday, May 6
5. Ko Pin-Yi d. Ko Ping-Chung 7-4
6. Dennis Orcollo d. Eklent Kaçi 7-4
7. Abdullah Alyousef d. Niels Feijen 7-2
8. Francisco Sanchez-Ruiz d. Mika Immonen 7-5
9. Orcollo d. Alex Kazakis (Last 16) 7-0
10. Max Lechner d. Jungo 7-2 (Last 16)
11. Lo d. Shane Van Boening 7-6 (Last 16)
Saturday, May 7
12. Ko PY d. David Alcaide 7-3 (Last 16)
13. Fortunski d. Aloysius Yapp 7-4 (Last 16)
14. Alyousef d. Naoyuki Oi 7-3 (Last 16)
15. Joshua Filler d. Woodward 7-1 (Last 16)
16. Sanchez-Ruiz d. Albin Ouschan 7-5 (Last 16)
17. Ko PY d. Lechner 7-2 (Quarterfinal)
Sunday, May 8
18. Lo d. Alyousef 7-6 (Quarterfinal)
19. Filler d. Orcollo 7-0 (Quarterfinal)
20. Fortunski d. Sanchez-Ruiz 7-4 (Quarterfinal)
21. Filler d. Ko PY 7-3 (Semifinal)
22. Lo d. Fortunski 7-5 (Semifinal)
23. Filler d. Lo 9-6 (Finals)
Overall results
Successful breaks (made at least one ball and did not foul):
Match winners -- 92% (135 of 147)
Match losers -- 90 (81 of 90)
Total -- 91% (216 of 237)
Breaker won the game:
Match winners -- 74% (110 of 149)
Match losers -- 42% (38 of 91)
Total -- 62% (148 of 240)
Break-and-run games on all breaks:
Match winners -- 42% (62 of 149)
Match losers -- 27% (25 of 91)
Total -- 36% (87 of 240)
Break-and-run games on successful breaks (made at least one ball and did not foul):
Match winners -- 46% (62 of 135)
Match losers -- 31% (25 of 81)
Total -- 40% (87 of 216)
Here's a breakdown of the 237 games (for match winners and losers combined).
Breaker made at least one ball and did not foul:
Breaker won the game: 142 (60% of the 237 games)
Breaker lost the game: 74 (31%)
Breaker fouled on the break:
Breaker won the game: 3 (1%)
Breaker lost the game: 12 (5%)
Breaker broke dry (without fouling):
Breaker won the game: 2 (1%)
Breaker lost the game: 4 (2%)
Therefore, whereas the breaker won 62% (148 of 240) of all games,
He/she won 66% (142 of 216) of the games in which the break was successful (made at least one ball and did not foul).
He/she won 24% (5 of 21) of the games in which the break was unsuccessful (fouled or dry).
Break-and-run games -- The 87 break-and-run games represented 36% of all 240 games, 59% of the 148 games won by the breaker, and 40% of the 216 games in which the break was successful (made a ball and didn't foul).
The 87 break-and-run games consisted of 1 five-pack (by Fortunski), 1 4-pack (by Ko Pin-Yi), 3 three-packs (1 each by Lechner, Sanchez-Ruiz, and Ko Pin-Yi), 18 two-packs, and 33 singles.
9-Balls on the break -- The 87 break-and-run games included 3 9-balls on the break (1.3% of all breaks).
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